The United States of the Corporation

CaptainHaplo · 01-24-10, 04:05 PM

As often as he and I disagree - Mookie is correct on this one.

What you have to do is look at the whole REASON for the Bill of Rights - which included the Right to Free Speech. The purpose for the Bill of Rights was to provide specific and clear protections to the rights of the CITIZENRY - the Rights of the INDIVIDUAL.

Current law and SC rulings regarding this Free Speech have ignored its purpose. By extending free speech to entities OTHER than the individual, it has allowed corporations, unions, PAC's and lobbyists to drown out the voice of the citizenry (using money), thus perverting the purpose of the enumerated right.

01-24-10, 04:05 PM	#17
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	As often as he and I disagree - Mookie is correct on this one. What you have to do is look at the whole REASON for the Bill of Rights - which included the Right to Free Speech. The purpose for the Bill of Rights was to provide specific and clear protections to the rights of the CITIZENRY - the Rights of the INDIVIDUAL. Current law and SC rulings regarding this Free Speech have ignored its purpose. By extending free speech to entities OTHER than the individual, it has allowed corporations, unions, PAC's and lobbyists to drown out the voice of the citizenry (using money), thus perverting the purpose of the enumerated right. __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo